Chocolate Peanut Coffeecake

Chocolate cake with a peanut butter filling and a crisp streusel topping.

Ingredients:

• Cake:
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup milk
• Peanut filling:
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup chunky peanut butter
• 1/4 cup flour
• Streusel:
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/3 cup chopped peanuts
• 1/3 cup butter

Directions:

Cake: Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Mix in vanilla. Mix flour with remaining dry ingredients. Stir flour mixture and milk alternately into butter and sugar mixture. Grease and flour 9 inch cake pan. Pour half of the batter into bottom of pan. Peanut filling: Combine all ingredients in medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until melted. Cool slightly and pour over batter in cake pan. Top with remaining cake batter. Streusel: Mix together dry ingredients. Cut butter into mixture until it resembles small peas. Sprinkle over the top of the cake batter. Bake cake at 350 degree for 35 - 40 minutes.

Number of Servings: 8